NEW YORK -- A Bronx man is using his drumming skills to promote healing and relaxation to New Yorkers. His way of doing it may look a bit strange at first glance. But his technique is changing lives - ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This wooden-cask drum was used to ...

The singer collaborated with Apple to capture the rainforests of the island, and tell the story of vejigantes, for his ...

Marvette Perez (1961-2013), Curator of Latino History at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History, discusses the how a Puerto Rican bomba drum is constructed. This bomba drum is part of the ...

VILLA PALMERAS, San Juan, Puerto Rico — The drums at the Centro Cultural de Bomba y Plena in this neighborhood have always sounded: For births, birthdays, block parties — even at funerals. But the ...

Stepping into the garage-turned-workshop behind Joe Santiago’s house in West Hempstead, it becomes apparent that he moves to the beat of a different drum. There are tools galore — all perfectly ...

On Friday evening a group of percussionists gathered on the north end of the New Haven Green. They were mostly members of the bomba group Proyecto Cimarrón, and they were there to play for the ...